There’s scarcely a woman on earth who isn’t impacted by the fight for gender equality—but no where does that fight feel so visceral than in the world of sports. A world where Megan Rapinoe and the USWNT can dominate on the global stage and then come home to fraction of the pay their (less-qualified) male…
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A new study of government data has revealed a heartbreaking and maddening statistic about women and sexual assault. Per PBS, new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week notes that for one in 16 women, their first experience with sexual intercourse was forced with rape or coercion. That number is…
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What were some of your favorite movies of the past few years? Wonder Woman? Ocean’s 8? Maybe A Simple Favor? Note how all are female-led films—and you’re not alone in loving them. According to a new study by the Creative Arts Agency and the digital strategist shift7, the top movies from 2014 to 2017 starring…
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Netflix comedy specials don’t usually make me cry, but right in the middle of watching Austrialian comedian Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, I broke down. And, up until that particular moment, I’d been having a great time. Gadsby’s buzzy special takes on everything from her conservative upbringing in Tasmania to Pablo Picasso’s reputation as a notorious womanizer…
Read moreOurs is a coffee-obsessed culture. We argue over which is better: [Dunkin’ Donuts](/about/dunkin-donuts, Starbucks, or home-brewed—and any number of the little independent coffeeshops we get our fix at. There are entire news cycles devoted to the release of Starbucks holiday cups. Heck, McDonald’s was even making coffee jokes this morning on Twitter. And coffee’s a…
Read moreWith a man like Donald Trump serving as President of the United States, it should come as no surprise that major policy decisions are often turned into spectacles ripe with suspense or shock value (see: the build-up to his decision to leave the Paris climate accord and his surprise Twitter storm banning transgender men and…
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